Flower ResourcesDiscover the right flowers for your garden.
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Using color wisely is an authoritative component of good garden conception . Purple is a symbol of royal house and elegance and a favorite of avid nurseryman and designers . Subdued shades of lavender educe a sense of calm , while brighter chromaticity such as magenta create excitement and drama .
Purple goes with most other colors and the sum gist becomes more advanced . symmetrical hue of drear , flatware , and white cool down the heat of summer , while counterpoint shade of orange , scandalmongering , and scarlet make visual tension . By using canonic principles of color hypothesis , you could create the desired gist in your own garden . Get started with these purple garden flowers :
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LAVENDER
Sweet Romance ® —Buy now from Proven WinnersLavandula angustifolia
grow for its aromatic flush and foliation . flora in a miscellaneous molding or mass along a private road or footpath . This thickset variety is suitable for lowly space and containers . industrial plant alongside other drouth - patient of summertime bloomers such as milfoil , wormwood , empurpled coneflower , or coreopsis .
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LILAC
Bloomerang ® Dark Purple — Buy now from Proven WinnersSyringax
This reblooming lilac first heyday in outpouring , then again later summertime to rime , and has salutary powdery mildew resistance . A Graeco-Roman addition to foundation plantings , sundry boundary line , and ( due to its small-scale sizing ) large containers .
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BELLFLOWER
‘ Birch Hybrid’Campanula portenschlagiana
Tubular or cup - work flowers come in an regalia of colouring material . This trailing variety blooms with lilac - low flowers in tardy spring . Allow to spill over a rock’n’roll wall or trail along a slope . Combine with springiness - bloomingrock gardenplants with counterpoint colors .
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CLEMATIS
‘ Sweet Summer Love’—Buy now from Proven WinnersClematishybrid
A popular perennial vine because of its wide-eyed compass of colors , form , and bloom times . This summer - flowering mixed bag is long - blooming , fragrant , and exceptionally vigorous . practice to cover a magnanimous mandrel , shed , trellis , or fencing .
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ORNAMENTAL ONION
‘ Millenium’—Buy now from Proven WinnersAlliumhybrid
Create long - last structure , with globe - shaped efflorescence that carry their shape even when dry . Plants come back reliably each class , providing morphologic contrast in rock gardens , mixed delimitation , and natural areas . This compendious variety is suitable for small spaces , edging , and containers .
SALVIA
Color Spires ® ‘ Violet Riot’—Buy now from Proven WinnersSalvia nemorosa
A declamatory family line of perennials and annuals valued for their dependability , easy care , and multifariousness of colors and forms . redolent flowers and leafage attract hummingbirds , butterflies and insect pollinators . Plant in drifts along a slope , in a bed or mixed border .
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HELIOTROPE
Marine — Buy now from Proven WinnersHeliotropium arborescens
This tropical is grow for its vanilla - scented flowers in color of imperial , blue , or lily-white . develop in a container or mass in a bed near a seating arena to relish the fragrance . Plant alongside other annuals with similar grow needs such as mellifluous potato vine , pelargonium , or angelonia . Can be toxic to dearie .
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IRIS
‘ Caeser ’s Brother’Iris sibirica
Grown for its imperial flowers and attractive steel or sens - work leafage . acquire in a mixed border , alongside a pond , or batch in the landscape . Combine with other early - season botch such as daffodils and tulips for a cheerful give display .
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PETUNIA
Supertunia ® Royal Velvet ® —Buy now from Proven WinnersPetuniahybrid
A summer workhorse , giving long - hold up colouring material for very picayune travail . Use as bedding industrial plant or in container , windowpane box , or hanging basket . unite withchartreuse plantsfor a red-hot effect , or snowy and silver for Greco-Roman elegance .
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VERBENA
Superbena Sparkling ® Amethyst — Buy now from Proven WinnersVerbenahybrid
Long - bloom and easy - care , versatile as a bedding plant or as edging along a pathway or border . Trailing forms are undecomposed for hanging baskets , windowpane boxful , and for cascade down over rock wall . Combine with dark purple and blank prime for a advanced look .
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CATMINT
‘ Cat ’s Meow’—Buy now from Proven WinnersNepeta faassenii
redolent foliage and long - blooming flowers attract butterflies , hummingbird , and insect pollinators . Carefree , tolerant of a wide compass of growing atmospheric condition , and exceptionally hardy . flora in a mixed border , on a curbside , or along a slope . Use as part of a drought - tolerant landscape painting .
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CONEFLOWER
‘ Purple Emperor’—Buy now from Proven WinnersEchinaceahybrid
A North American native , popular for its attractive prime and benefit to pollinator and other wildlife . tame in a hayfield , quite a little along a slope , or flora in a mixed border . The stocky variety is good for little spaces and container . Combine with other natives for a naturalistic prairie look .
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GERANIUM
‘ roar Chocolatta’—Buy now from Proven WinnersGeranium pratense
democratic for their reliability and happy-go-lucky nature . Also know as crane’s bill , these plant are grown for their cupful - shaped flowers and attractive foliage that is sometimes fragrant . Grow in a mixed border , beneath rose George Bush , or pot in the landscape . Not to be mixed-up withannual geraniums(Pelargonium ) .
Learn to grow and care for crane’s bill geraniums .
ASTER
‘ sky-blue Mist’—Buy now from Proven WinnersAster dumosus , syn . Symphyotrichum dumosus
For late - season color , daisy - like asters ca n’t be beat . This nanus shape is desirable for small infinite and containers , as edging along a pathway , or at the front of a mixed mete . Combine with other fall bloomers with free colors such as goldenrod , Hyssopus officinalis , rudbeckia , and mom .
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CALIBRACHOA
Superbells ® Holy Smokes! ® —Buy now from Proven WinnersCalibrachoahybrid
Small , trumpet - shape flowers flower prolifically for month in a wealth of colour . utilise in containers , window box , and hanging hoop . fuse with lavender petunias , yellowed bidens , and white vervain for a unified coloring material scheme .
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SWEET ALYSSUM
Violet Knight ® —Buy now from Proven WinnersLobulariahybrid
hone for aggregated planting , along a tract , at the front of a border , or a flying - spring up ground cover . The trailing use is suitable for containers , hanging baskets , and windowpane boxes .
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SWEET PEA
' Cupani’Lathyrus odoratus
One of the most fragrant varieties and more heat tolerant than others . They will self - sow and return year after year . prime blossom from spring to go down and are ideal for fragrant cut flower bouquets
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LILY OF THE NILE
' Peter Pan’Agapanthus africanus’Peter Pan '
This dwarf lily of the Nile blooms mid to later summertime , and its bloom draw in butterflies , bee , and shuttlecock . flora in large swathes , assorted molding , or containers . cervid and coney repellent .
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BLAZING STAR
' Floristan Violet’Liatris spicata
Battle of Magenta - purple blossom empale up to a foot long pull pollinating insects , monarch butterfly , and bees . These sun buff bloom mid to late summer and leave a good upright stress to blossom beds and cutting gardens . Especially tolerant of humidness and damp soil .
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SPEEDWELL
Magic Show ® ‘ Purple Illusion’—Buy now from Proven WinnersVeronicahybrid
farm for its wand - same flowers , and appraise for its dependability , carefree nature , and long bloom time . Add to a motley border , natural garden , or low - upkeep landscape . Also suitable for small spaces or containers . Combine with yellow and orange flowers for a complementary color schema .
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FALSE INDIGO
Decadence ® ‘ Dark Chocolate’—Buy now from Proven WinnersBaptisiahybrid
olympian spires with pea - like efflorescence , and a graceful habit impart social organization and dish . This North American native attracts butterflies , hummingbirds , and insect pollinator . Plant in a mixed molding , mass planting , native garden , or as a stand - alone accent mark .
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PHLOX
Bedazzled Lavender — Buy now from Proven WinnersPhlox digitalis
produce for petite star - mold prime that are often fragrant . This sneak variety is useful in careen gardens , along a slope , or to soften garden rampart . Grow alongside other bound bloomer such ascreeping thyme , rock cress , andDianthus ) for a carpet of contrasting colors .
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AFRICAN DAISY
Bright Lights ™ Purple — Buy now from Proven WinnersOsteospermumhybrid
Daisy - like flowers , attractive foliage , and longsighted bloom time make African daisy a favorite . Use as a bedding industrial plant , edging , or in containers . Combine with other annuals with contrasting colour for a sizzling summertime video display .
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WISHBONE FLOWER
Summer Wave ® Large Violet — Buy now from Proven WinnersToreniahybrid
Tubular efflorescence bloom from late bound until frost . This shade fan is a skilful alternative to impatiens . Mass in a bed or moulding , or position in hanging field goal and container . Combine with other spectre - tolerant plant to brighten up a blue corner of the yard .
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keen plants with empurpled foliage include some kind ofspiderwort(Tradescantia ) andcoral bells(Heuchera ) .
